Lot Essay
Little is known about this Scottish artist whose signature appears on portraits of a number of Scottish border families.
Portrait of a Lady, three-quarter-length, in a blue riding habit edged with gold, a riding crop in her right hand, a groom and horses in a landscape beyond
Details
R. Harvie (fl.1751-1763)
Portrait of a Lady, three-quarter-length, in a blue riding habit edged with gold, a riding crop in her right hand, a groom and horses in a landscape beyond
signed and dated 'R. Harvie Scotus pinx 1747.'(lower left)
oil on canvas
49 x 39 in. (124 x 100 cm.)
Portrait of a Lady, three-quarter-length, in a blue riding habit edged with gold, a riding crop in her right hand, a groom and horses in a landscape beyond
signed and dated 'R. Harvie Scotus pinx 1747.'(lower left)
oil on canvas
49 x 39 in. (124 x 100 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 13 November, 1991, lot 38, as 'Attributed to Henry Pickering'.
Literature
D. Hall, 'Diane the Huntress', The World of Interiors, October, 1992, p. 163.